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Paul Corfield wrote:
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 23:34:07 +0100, Grebbsy McLaren wrote: What if the Underground covered all the area south of the Thames and only a little bit of the north bank, instead of vice versa? http://www.colourcountry.net/images/...derground.html that's rather clever. I shall have to print some copies off at work and see if anyone notices the difference :-) It just shows how cispontine our underground system is (speaking as someone from north of the river). SR |
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Stephen Richards wrote: It just shows how cispontine our underground system is (speaking as someone from north of the river). But the reason for this is not some anti-sarf London bias by London underground companies but because the geology makes it very difficult to build tunnels there. -- http://www.election.demon.co.uk "The guilty party was the Liberal Democrats and they were hardened offenders, and coded racism was again in evidence in leaflets distributed in September 1993." - Nigel Copsey, "Contemporary British Fascism", page 62. |
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Almost made no difference to the Silverlink Metro - still starts at (almost)
Silvertown and goes East. -- Ian Tindale |
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David Boothroyd wrote:
In article , Stephen Richards wrote: It just shows how cispontine our underground system is (speaking as someone from north of the river). But the reason for this is not some anti-sarf London bias by London underground companies but because the geology makes it very difficult to build tunnels there. And the main line companies wanted to keep it for themselves. |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Piccadilly Pilot wrote:
David Boothroyd wrote: In article , Stephen Richards wrote: It just shows how cispontine our underground system is (speaking as someone from north of the river). But the reason for this is not some anti-sarf London bias by London underground companies but because the geology makes it very difficult to build tunnels there. And the main line companies wanted to keep it for themselves. The way i heard it, Southern's suburban rail services were so good that LT didn't feel that south London needed tubes as well - the north presumably had crappy rail services. A similar mechanism might also explain the lack of tubes in Hackney, although there, i prefer to think it's blatant bias by westerners against the oppressed masses of that borough. tom -- Mathematics is the door and the key to the sciences. -- Roger Bacon |
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 22:20:06 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote: On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Piccadilly Pilot wrote: And the main line companies wanted to keep it for themselves. The way i heard it, Southern's suburban rail services were so good that LT didn't feel that south London needed tubes as well - the north presumably had crappy rail services. tom Was there not some sort of Truce between LT and the Southern after various proposals were put foward . Called the Morden Agreement. Southern dropped objection of Northern Line to Morden providing it stopped there and LT gave up pre WW1 ideas of getting District trains to what now seem unlikely destinations over what had become Southern tracks .Sutton ? Leatherhead? Have to go digging amongst some books now . G.Harman |
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Grebbsy McLaren wrote in
: What if the Underground covered all the area south of the Thames and only a little bit of the north bank, instead of vice versa? http://www.colourcountry.net/images/...derground.html Somehow I feel that Sydenham Hill doesnt have the same ring as Mornington Crescent. |
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Ian Tindale wrote:
Almost made no difference to the Silverlink Metro - still starts at (almost) Silvertown and goes East. In fact the same is true of the other end of the Silverlink Metro - both the start and end points are nearly where they already are right now, more or less. -- Ian Tindale |
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"Ian Tindale" wrote in message
... Ian Tindale wrote: Almost made no difference to the Silverlink Metro - still starts at (almost) Silvertown and goes East. In fact the same is true of the other end of the Silverlink Metro - both the start and end points are nearly where they already are right now, more or less. And the first stops away from each end are exactly where they are now. Big thanks to Grebbsy for bringing this to our attention! -- John Rowland - Spamtrapped Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood. That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line - It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes |
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WOW! So many stops in my area!
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to help my journey to work in Docklands! Regards, Nes. -- Please remove the spam-deflecting X's to reply directly to me - or simply reply to the group! -- "Grebbsy McLaren" wrote in message ... What if the Underground covered all the area south of the Thames and only a little bit of the north bank, instead of vice versa? http://www.colourcountry.net/images/...derground.html Someone had too much time on their hands, but I take my hat off to them nevertheless. Grebbsy -- "All vampires suck, but not all who suck are vampires." (--B.J.Kuehl) :::Grebbsy :::::::lemon curry?::: |
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